Tides

chapter 8

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"I see you've finally decided to join us Ms. Williams." Mr. Houston declared.
"I'm sorry Mr. Houston. Things have been so hectic lately, I can't keep up with anything" I said remembering that zac is coming any second now.
"well I have a bit of a surprise for all of you but we'll have to wait for Zac to show up. If he doesn't then the surprise is obviously canceled for everyone" he said with a smirk on his face.

Ugh.
I swear if Zac doesn't teleport to here right this second I will without hesitating, choke him to death.

*15 minutes pass*
"Hm looks like mr. Mitchell will not be joining us anytime soon" Mr. Houston said with a look of disappointment appearing on his face.
"I'm sure he'll be in here right now, please don't cancel anything, we really need a surprise after this devastating and exhausting year" Jennifer claimed.
"Also our brother is coming at night, we haven't seen him since summer and we want to throw him a welcome back party. We'd really appreciate it if u let us go" Sebastian mentioned.

wait wait wait. if I'm not wrong, Diana said that Alex is coming back and I remember Alex saying he had twin siblings. I just didn't think it would be Jennifer and Sebastian. Who I clearly like. Crap. Why is this happening to me. Maybe I'm just paranoid. Maybe it's not Alex and it's someone else. I mean millions of people travel everyday, it doesn't necessarily have to be Alex Sanderson. Right?

"Hey Sebastian, is your last name Sanderson?" I asked obviously curious.
"Yea, you know my brother right? Alex Sanderson? you guys are friends aren't you?" he questioned.

Oh god oh god.

"Uhm no, we talked a couple of times but we're not friends no" I haven't denied anything more quickly than I just did.

"Oh you two have to talk again, I'm sure you'll make really good friends. I'll make you too meet up." Jennifer said excitedly.
"Ha no I don't think that's necessary jenny, really. It's okay" I scoffed nervously.

I'm in my worst nightmare. What did I ever do to deserve this. Oh god please don't make this hard on me. Zac is already too much to deal with.
*door opens*
"Good afternoon Mr. Houston, I'm sorry I'm late"

Speak of the devil.

"it's alright, take a seat Mr. Mitchell" Mr. Houston surprisingly wasn't even mad a tad bit.

"Okay so I've decided to let you out early today from detention, I will miss you all very much even if I don't show it now I definitely will."

When did Mr. Houston have a change of heart and decide to become nice last minute. I guess I'll miss him too though. He's only been hard on us because he wants the best for us.
"Thank you Mr. Houston, we'll all miss you too" Jennifer stated.
"You're dismissed" he pointed at the door as a sign for us to leave.

Oh wow I don't know how I feel about this. I can't believe I'm saying this but I'll actually miss school.

We all got our bags and rushed to the door. Jennifer and Sebastian waved me goodbye. I'm gonna miss them, it's a shame I won't see them again. I go out and head to the car and I'm ready to finally go home and relax when I suddenly find Zac leaning on my car; obviously waiting for me.

"Get off my back zac, I'm not gonna say a word to you" I said with my temper rising.

"You don't have to say anything, just listen. I know you can't stand the sight of me and you despise the crap out of me but let me explain. The only reason I said all of that was because I was scared. I was scared because my dad is sick and I didn't want to face the fact that there might be a chance of him leaving me. I didn't want to burden anyone including Dylan. So I took it out on the both of you and I'm sorry. I never meant any of what I said. It's hard for me to apologize I don't normally do it. I understand if you're still mad, you have the right to be." Zac's voice was cracking with every sentence and I know how he feels. I-I don't know what to say.

"Zac..I didn't-does diana know about this?" I asked wondering. I mean she's his girlfriend, she should know.
"No I didn't tell her and I don't think I will anytime soon. Please don't bring this up to anyone except Dylan. Tell him I'm sorry for everything." He said looking down on the ground, too embarrassed to look at me.
"Yea sure, don't worry" I had mixed feelings about this.
We said goodbye and I headed back home.
I opened the door and it hit me. MOM AND DAD ARE BACK.
I sprinted upstairs to the living room and I saw them peacefully having lunch.
"OMG mom! dad! I missed you both so much!" I hugged each of them and gave them a kiss on the cheek.
"We've missed you too honey" my dad smiled and my mom did the same.
"How was school loren" my mom asked.

(A reminder that my parents call me loren short for Florence)

"It was okay i guess" I said going to my room to change.
Dylan was in the bathroom. I need to talk to him.
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"Damn this lasagna is heaven on earth!" I said stuffing more in my mouth.
"That's the advantage staying in Italy I guess" my mom laughed.
"Oh yea staying in that hotel in Florence, honestly best hotel experience I've had in a while!" My dad chuckled.
"Is that why you decided to call her 'florence' " Dylan joked.
"Ha. Real funny dyl" I said unamused.
"Actually loren you were born there and we really loved the place and that's why we picked this name." My dad explained.
"So where did Dylan come from" I said making fun of him. 
"At least my name isn't the name of a city dumbass," Dylan scoffed.
"Hey hey, no fights" my mom glared at the both of us.
"Hey um-Dylan I need to talk to you about something" I whispered.
"okay so then tell me" he said.
"Meet me in my room in five"
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"No it's not an excuse to take it out on us or talk to you like that, he should've just told us. We would've understood and helped him with what he is going through." Dylan talked in frustration.

"Dyl he had his reasons, I mean in the first week when we found out that claire "died", which I still doubt by the way, we got mad at everyone and everything was downhill. It still is but it's slowly getting better. He was by your side when you found out and he always tried cheering you up. Besides, he's probably mad at you for going his ex. Like really? Brittney? That's the point of desperation you've reached? I'm kinda sad too if you ask me. She bullied me for years and you're flirting with her? 

I'm not saying you should stop talking to everyone that possibly brushed my shoulder, I'm saying you could at least warn me before you go for them." i ranted.

"I wasn't flirting with brittney for the record, I'd never do that to you or Zac. I'll see what I can do about Zac tomorrow but for now I just need some ice cream, want some?"

"You read my mind" I smiled.

He jumped of the bed and walked out of the room, I can already feel this ice cream is gonna be mouthwatering. If you don't like ice cream, you're a psychopath.

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finally, another chapter down. Sorry I'm having major writers block these past few months. Anyway, here's a kinda short cute chapter. I'm gonna edit in a minute.
thank you for reading <3

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